lame duck
noun [C] (POLITICS)Definition
› an elected official whose power is reduced because the person who will replace them has already been electedUnited States politics and governmentElections
(Definition of lame duck noun (POLITICS) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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